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Tired Of Hanging Around - The Zutons
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70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: Stephen Street produced this sophomore set for Liverpool's Zutons.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Under The Radar
    80
    The album is everything you might've hoped for--a bold rock sound, big hooks, clever horn parts, and McCabe's usual daft humor. [#14]
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  2. Mojo
    80
    You have to go back to Costello, The Beat or Smiths to find a catalogue simultaneously as hummable and as disturbing as McCabe's. [May 2006, p.102]
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  3. Playlouder
    60
    Experimental it ain't, but this summer in a shiny flat box it is.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 2 out of 8
  1. seana
    10
    brilliant, all of it - real music by what seems like real people. they look great too. world domination will follow soon. Zombie on !!
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  2. KateB
    5
    Quite good with good beats and a few great songs, but the lyrics are weak and some of the songs like "Somebody Watching Over Me" are very boring and conventional. They have definitely released the two best songs, and personally, I advise them to stop there.… Expand
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  3. JasonA
    1
    Upon hearing this album for the first time, I could not escape the feeling that I was listening to a very bad Hall & Oates tribute band. I know all the cool indie rock kids are pillaging every aspect of 80's new wave these days, but cheesy white boy R&B pop a la Huey Lewis and the News is just as lame today as it was then and should be left buried with the careers of those who originated it..… Expand
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